Departing Tubarão on the Brazilian east coast, the vessel tracked north-east along the Brazilian bulge before turning north-west after the equator, transiting the Caribbean Sea and approaching the Gulf of Mexico via the Yucatan Channel. Mean wave height 1.69 m; 80.2% of waypoints Sea State 4+ vs 80.4% on the historical replay.
Case Studies
Verified voyage outcomes across vessel types and trade lanes — fuel savings, emissions reductions, and ETA performance compared against conventional routing.
India-to-Brazil voyage from Sikka to Niterói, routing south through the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and across the South Atlantic. Sea State 5+ reduced from 36.0% to 26.0%; Sea State 6+ cut from 6.4% to 3.6%. Full voyage on VLSFO with no ECA transits.
Winter Baltic voyage from Porvoo (Sköldvik) to the Skaw STS area off Skagen, fully inside the Baltic and North Sea SECAs. Optimized track held mean wave height of 1.03 m with a 2.68 m peak; Sea State 5+ reduced from 12.0% to 1.5%.
16-day Brazil-to-US-Gulf transit on a tanker, October–November 2018. Benign-weather voyage staying entirely within Sea State 3–4 (mean 1.40 m). Optimized track was 46 nm shorter, 3 hours faster, and burned 1.67% less fuel.
India-to-Brazil tanker voyage from Gujarat to Rio de Janeiro, 25 days westbound across the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and across the South Atlantic. Sea State 5+ cut from 26.1% to 23.4%. Pure routing result with no ECA fuel-switching.
Norway-to-UK tanker shuttle from Sture to Tetney Terminal – 35 hours, 438 nm, southwest across the central North Sea. 100% inside the North Sea SECA; 6.0 MT saving realized entirely on ECA-grade fuel.
Eastbound tanker voyage from Tubarão to Port Louis across the South Atlantic and Southern Indian Ocean. Sea State 6+ cut from 13.7% to 1.3%; peak wave dropped from 6.09 m to 4.29 m. 14.34% FOC saving, no ECA zones.